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CHONE FIGGINS, 36, utility. Final 2014 stats: .217 batting average, .373 on-base and .267 slugging percentages, four stolen bases and eight runs in 38 games. Walked 14 times in 76 plate appearances. Contract status: Free agent. The good: Played second, third, shortstop and outfield. Despite his abbreviated season, his eight walks were actually 13th on the team. Hit .276 at home. Committed only one error. Great in the clubhouse. The bad: He just couldn’t hit. Then he suffered a quad strain that sent him to the disabled list, never to be seen again. What’s next: Retirement, probably. No one picked him up after the Dodgers released him on Aug. 13, and though it’s...

Six days removed from one of the worst games of his career, Clayton Kershaw was smiling again.
Kershaw pitched six scoreless innings Friday in the Dodgers' 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, delivering a performance that inspired his...

The Dodgers, in search of infield depth, agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with former Angels standout Chone Figgins.
The Dodgers declined to confirm the deal. If Figgins makes the Dodgers in spring training, he would provide depth at second...

CLEVELAND — At least with Albert Pujols the Angels can point to the excruciating pain he felt in his left heel, which finally gave out on July 26, and a sore right knee as tangible reasons for his career-low average and on-base and slugging...

PHOENIX -- Clayton Kershaw might not start for the Dodgers on opening day, but he will pitch in their first exhibition game of the spring.
Kershaw is scheduled to take the mound Wednesday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, where the Dodgers will face...

PHOENIX — The question of whatever happened to Chone Figgins will be answered Wednesday afternoon. There will be a first pitch of Arizona spring training thrown in three parks, and Figgins will be facing one of them.
Yes, we are talking about that...

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Angels hope for great things from David Freese, their new third baseman. What they cannot hope for are the best days of Freese's baseball life.
He already had them.
In 2011, he saved the St. Louis Cardinals from extinction in Game 6...

Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was convicted of intoxication manslaughter Wednesday for a fiery wreck that killed his teammate and close friend, Jerry Brown.
He faces up to 20 years in prison for a December 2012 wreck after a night of partying...

No. 21 Mariners: 10th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Indians. One run per game, plus a little more. That's what the Mariners have to find somewhere if they ever are going to reach the playoffs behind Felix Hernandez. Forget for a...